Curtain up: chef Coco Barone at BOV’s 1766

Melissa Blease meets the Italian chef at the helm of Bristol Old Vic’s brand new kitchen “Food and cooking play a very important part in my family’s life, an...

Dine with ease: Bristol’s private chef service

Dinner parties don’t have to be stressful with a helping hand from Dineindulge, as Jessica Hope discovers The notion of a private chef, for a long time, has ...

Bar 44: From
Catalonia to Clifton

All the authentic Iberian background behind the Village’s latest opening, Bar 44. Words by Velimir Ilic For food, Spain is one of the best countries in the w...

THE COUNTY HOTEL BATH OPENS CITY’S FIRST BEACH BAR

In need of those holiday vibes, but don’t have time to get to the beach or a book a trip abroad? Well now you don’t have to as The County Hotel Bath has launche...

Opinion: Solo dining

Forget the ‘spotlight effect’, ‘me-time’ needn’t be kept behind closed doors says Melissa Blease Has she been stood up by her date? Is he a bit weird? That w...

Them Apples:
Thatchers Cider

Somerset cidermaker Thatchers is now a huge, multimillion pound business that has done the region proud internationally. Here, the team tells us a little about ...

So fresh and so green: vegan Bristol

One of Britain’s fastest growing lifestyle movements is the talk of the town, says Sarah Merson Increasingly, and as a general rule, society is becoming more...

The Milk Thistle:
Mixing It Up

We get the lowdown on the local liquor landscape from one of the city’s top drinking destinations. These guys are really... mixing it up One of Bristol’s bes...

Bristol: The Beer City

Ray Bailey surveys the local brewing scene and discusses its future with a local expert Bristol is the UK’s first city of beer. That’s a provocative statemen...

Tipping: Hey, big spender?

Melissa Blease examines the practice of tipping serving staff and talks to someof the people at the sharp end of our gratuitous gestures Many folk do it with...

Bristol restaurants raise more than £1million to combat child hunger

Bristol restaurants, including Box-E, Pasta Loco, Asado, The Cauldron and Bertha’s Pizza have helped Action Against Hunger to raise an astonishing £1.1mil...

Food: 5 O’Clock Apron

Verity Hesketh meets the brains behind the 5 O’Clock Apron Food is part of life, food is story telling. In today’s liberalised society, it is also perhaps th...